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liu_xing has added 32 words, 5 lists, 14 comments, and 0 tags.
liu_xing has made 14 comments and citations:
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on panglossian, liu_xing said:
"I once fell for someone when he used this word." more...
on John's profile, liu_xing said:
"it would be great if when you clicked on a word, you could see all the lists it belonged to" more...
on obstreperous, liu_xing said:
"(not as impressive as Joyce, unfortunately)" more...
on obstreperous, liu_xing said:
"I have a feeling I first saw this word in a kid's book about a naughty kite. Anyone remember that one?" more...
on gravid, liu_xing said:
"this means 'pregnant'. I first came across it when I read a short story called 'gravid babies', whose title stuck in my mind, but the meaning wasn't..." more...
on virile, liu_xing said:
"(American pronunciation only - vrrrrrl - it's practically onamatopoeic)" more...
on antediluvian, liu_xing said:
"goes very well with 'prelapsarian'" more...
on coolie, liu_xing said:
"= bitter strength (from Chinese)" more...
on mandarin, liu_xing said:
"= Man(chu) big man (from Chinese)" more...
on tycoon, liu_xing said:
"= big (gentle)man. (from Chinese) (This is possibly cheating as it might have come via Japanese)" more...
on typhoon, liu_xing said:
"= big wind (from Chinese)" more...
on arachnamancy, liu_xing said:
"sounds good ... any ideas?" more...
on sidereal, liu_xing said:
"Truly one of my favourite words - for the spelling/pronunciation divide as much as the meaning." more...
on alfombra, liu_xing said:
"are we allowed words that aren't in English? I love this one - along with boligrafo, which sounds much better than 'biro'." more...
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